Montez Robinson
Current position | |
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Title | Head Coach |
Team | Fort Valley State Wildcats |
Conference | SIAC |
Record | 28–47 (.373) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1998–2000 | Kemper Military |
2000–2002 | North Georgia |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002–2005 | Truett McConnell (assistant) |
2005–2011 | Kennesaw State (assistant) |
2011–2015 | Bethune–Cookman (assistant) |
2015–2020 | Alcorn State |
2020–2021 | UT Martin (interim HC) |
2022–present | Fort Valley State Wildcats |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 105–149 (.413) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
SWAC Coach of the Year (2017)[1] NABC District 23 Coach of the Year (2017)[2] | |
Montez Robinson is an American college basketball coach, currently serving as the head coach of Fort Valley State Basketball.[3] He previously served as the interim. Head Coach of UT Martin Basketball.[4]
Playing career
[edit]Robinson started his college career at Kemper Military, where he was a two-year starter and captain. He completed his playing career at North Georgia.[5]
Coaching career
[edit]After graduation, Robinson started his coaching career at Truett McConnell, before joining Tony Ingle's staff at Kennesaw State, where he stayed until 2011. After five years on the staff of Bethune-Cookman, Robinson was named head coach at Alcorn State, taking over for Luther Riley.
In his first season with the Braves, Robinson guided the team from a ninth-place finish the seasons before to a second-place finish and 15–15 overall record. In 2016–17, Robinson was named SWAC Coach of the Year after another second-place finish for the Braves, and an 18–14 overall record.
In March 2020, director of athletics Derek Horne announced that the school would not renew Robinson's contract, ending his five-year tenure at Alcorn State.[6]
On September 11, 2020, Stewart was hired by UT Martin as an assistant coach under Anthony Stewart.[7] On November 17, two days after the sudden death of Stewart, Robinson was named the interim head coach of the Skyhawks for the 2020–21 season.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2015–2020) | |||||||||
2015–16 | Alcorn State | 15–15 | 13–5 | 2nd | |||||
2016–17 | Alcorn State | 18–14 | 13–5 | 2nd | |||||
2017–18 | Alcorn State | 11–21 | 7–11 | 8th | |||||
2018–19 | Alcorn State | 10–21 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
2019–20 | Alcorn State | 15–15 | 11–7 | T–4th | |||||
Alcorn State: | 69–86 (.445) | 50–40 (.556) | |||||||
UT Martin Skyhawks (Ohio Valley Conference) (2020–2021) | |||||||||
2020–21 | UT Martin | 8–16 | 6–14 | T–9th | |||||
UT Martin: | 8–16 (.333) | 6–14 (.300) | |||||||
"ARMADURA Z29 HELMET ARMOR Z29" by OSCAR CREATIVO |
77–102 (.430) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Robinson Wins Coach of the Year; Vance Earns All-Conference First-Team, Johnson Second-Team".
- ^ "Robinson, Johnson Pick-Up NABC All-District Honors".
- ^ a b Bidwell, Jeff (November 17, 2020). "Robinson named UT Martin Interim Basketball Coach". WPSD. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "Alcorn State University Athletics".
- ^ "Kennesaw State Athletics".
- ^ "Alcorn State parts ways with head men's basketball coach Montez Robinson". Coaches Database. 23 March 2020.
- ^ "MONTEZ ROBINSON JOINS UT MARTIN MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AS AN ASSISTANT COACH" (Press release). UT Martin Skyhawks. September 11, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- Living people
- Alcorn State Braves basketball coaches
- American men's basketball coaches
- Basketball coaches from Alabama
- Basketball players from Alabama
- Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball coaches
- North Georgia Nighthawks men's basketball players
- People from Fairfield, Alabama
- Truett McConnell Bears men's basketball coaches
- UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball coaches
- American basketball coach stubs